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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

538 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008



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FORD IL-IROQUOIS IL-LIVINGSTON IL-

538 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IROQUOIS AND CENTRAL 

AND SOUTHERN FORD COUNTIES...



AT 538 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 

BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ROUGHLY FROM JUST SOUTH OF 

FAIRBURY IN SOUTHEAST LIVINGSTON COUNTY TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF WATSEKA 

IN EASTERN IROQUOIS COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS 

POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 PM CDT ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.



TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED 1.52 INCHES OF RAIN 5 MILES WEST OF 

WATSEKA BETWEEN 400 PM AND 520 PM CDT RESULTING IN FLOODING OF 

STREETS AND DITCHES.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WATSEKA...

SHELDON...PIPER CITY...ONARGA...GILMAN...FORREST...FAIRBURY AND

CHATSWORTH



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING

FOR EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.



LAT...LON 4076 8858 4084 8755 4054 8755 4052 8827

      4061 8842 4063 8858

TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 180DEG 0KT 4070 8844



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